Toy pistol



Patented June 3, 1947 UNITED STATES vPATENT OFFICE 'roY PISTOL Howard D. Allen, Los Angeles, Calif. Application August 7, 1944, serial No. 548,622

4 Claims.

The object of this new design is to create a durable modern looking streamlined toy pistol that uses a new and novel mechanism, a manually operated reciprocating mechanism suitable for either right or left handed operators.

In the accompanying drawing Fig. l is a top view of the assembled pistol; Fig. 2 is a. longitudinal section of the gun, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the barrel between the sights looking toward the rear sight.

The general appearance and essential elements of this new design are apparent in Fig. 2 on the drawing. rlhey consist of the combination of a stock or grip, a barrel, side plates, a notched plunger manually operated in a reciprocating manner, a piece of resilient material to create the desired noise, a base for this material to hold it in correct opposition to the plunger, and a trigger for ornamental purposes.

The construction is better understood by referring to the drawing as follows:

1. A grip with a slot or hole at a: to permit the notched plunger 4 to operate back and forth.

2. A barrel of suitable design, recessed, channeled, grooved or dadoed on the underside throughout approximately nine-tenths of its length to receive, guide and limit the action of the notched plunger 4.

3. Right and left side plates to join the grip l and the barrel 2 and to support the base 6.

4. A notched plunger of such design and sectional shape that it may be operated forward and backward in the channel or groove in the bottom of the barrel 2 and through the hole a' in the grip I being stopped in its backward motion by any suitable stop incorporated at b and limited in its forward motion by the end of the channel in the barrel 2.

5. A clacker, consisting of any suitable piece of resilient material such as wood, fibre board, plastic or metal that will produce the desired sound effect.

6. Any suitable base to receive and hold the clacker 5 in correct opposition to the plunger 4 in its forward and backward motion.

'7. A trigger to aid the grip and serve as orna. mentation.

The operation is best understood by referring .to the letters in Fig. 2. The operator grasps the pistol grip in normal manner with either right or left hand; with the other hand he grips the plunger at a pulling it backward until the stop b contacts point c. The gun is now loaded The operator may now "re the gun by pulling on d the end of a cord e which passes through a screw eye or other suitable guide f and is fastened to the plunger at a. Pulling on this cord drives the lplunger forward against and across the clacker permitting the operator to re single shots or any series of shots in bursts up to the capacity of the gun depending upon the length of the plunger.

This pistol may be manufactured in wood, metal or plastic. Minor changes to suit manufacturing conditions may be made in the details of construction without departing from the main essentials of the design as dened in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A toy pistol, including an elongated barrel, a handle for one end of said barrel, said barrel provided with a longitudinal groove, said handle formed with an opening communicating with the' longitudinal groove of the barrel, a plunger passed through the opening of the handle and received within said longitudinal groove of the barrel, said plunger provided with transverse teeth, and a clacker for contact with the teeth whereby when the plunger is moved the clacker plays over the teeth to produce a staccato sound.

2. A toy pistol, including an elongated barrel, a handle for one end of said barrel, said barrel provided with a longitudinal groove, said handle formed with an opening communicating with the longitudinal groove of the barrel, a plunger passed through the opening of the handle and received within said longitudinal groove of the barrel, said plunger provided with transverse teeth, and a clacker for contact with the teeth whereby when the plunger is moved the clacker plays over the teeth to produce a staccato sound; an eye carried by the handle and a cord secured to one end of said plunger and rpassed through said eye member whereby when the handle is held and the plunger positioned in one direction, a pull on said cord will move said plunger within the groove of the barrel at a speed in accordance with the pull on the cord.

3. A toy pistol, including an elongated barrel, a simulated magazine depending from said barrel and a pistol grip for one end of said barrel, said barrel provided with an elongated slot and lsaid pistol grip provided with a transverse bore communicating with said slot, a plunger provided with teeth for slide movement in said slot, said plunger projecting through said bore in the grip, and the opposite end of said plunger provided with a shoulder functioning as a stop when the plunger is moved in one direction, a clacker secured by the simulated magazine and engaging the teeth of the plunger whereby reciprocation of said plunger against said clacker produces a staccato sound.

4. A toy pistol, including an elongated barrel, a simulated magazine depending from said barrel and a pistol grip for one end of said barrel, said barrel provided with an elongated slot and said pistol grip provided with a transverse bore communicating With said slot, a plunger provided with teeth for slide movement in said slot, said plunger projecting through said bore in the grip, and the opposite end of said plunger provided with a shoulder functioning as a stop when the plunger is moved in one direction, a clacker secured by the simulated magazine and engaging the teeth of the plunger whereby reciprocation of said plunger against said clacker produces a REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in. the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,596,200 McLaren Aug. 17, 1926 695,159 Lambert Mar. 11, 1902 1,619,184 Bregman Mar. 1, 192?? Marshall Sept. 4, 1945 

